Eric Case
@case.bike
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https://vedana.net/ Staff PM at Fastly. Cyclist and Bungie Software loyalist. Co-creator of https://domainr.com/ In past lives, did some stuff at Rdio (RIP), Apcera, Blogger / Google.
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simonwillison.net
Python 3.14 is out today! Here are my notes on the new release: simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/8/p...

If you're an open source library maintainer who supports all current Python releases this also means you can drop 3.9 support now and start depending on features from 3.10, like match/case
Python 3.14
This year's major Python version, Python 3.14, just made its first stable release! As usual the what's new in Python 3.14 document is the best place to get familiar with …
simonwillison.net
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davidcrespo.bsky.social
it's very important to articulate how to do it well, but I don't know if we need a term for it — at the current rate of adoption, in a few months it'll just be "software engineering"
simonwillison.net
Vibe coding is irresponsibly building software through dice rolls, not caring what code is produced

What about when engineers at the top of their game use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their work?

I propose "vibe engineering"!

simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...
Vibe engineering
I feel like vibe coding is pretty well established now as covering the fast, loose and irresponsible way of building software with AI—entirely prompt-driven, and with no attention paid to …
simonwillison.net
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simonwillison.net
Vibe coding is irresponsibly building software through dice rolls, not caring what code is produced

What about when engineers at the top of their game use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their work?

I propose "vibe engineering"!

simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...
Vibe engineering
I feel like vibe coding is pretty well established now as covering the fast, loose and irresponsible way of building software with AI—entirely prompt-driven, and with no attention paid to …
simonwillison.net
case.bike
[citation needed]
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suspiraserhead.bsky.social
The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.
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factpostnews.bsky.social
Trump: I'm not a fan of some of the ships you do. I'm a very aesthetic person and I don't like some of the ships you're doing, aesthetically.
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kickstarterunited.org
Help us tell Kickstarter leadership we can avoid a strike! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Ready to strike!
We're willing to strike starting October 2nd if management won't make a deal to protect our existing four-day, 32-hour workweek and establish a livable minimum salary.

Please help us avoid a strike by signing our open letter linked below.

[then there's a fist emoji and the Kickstarter United logo in the bottom-right corner]
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
You've heard of defensive driving — driving practices to help you stay safe on the road, like reducing your speed in bad weather or signaling before switching lanes. But what about defensive walking and cycling?
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aurelmondon.bsky.social
Let that sink in

"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Kagan: The so-called irreparable harm that the Trump administration says it suffers is merely "the price of living under a Constitution that gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws...a frustration any President must bear."
The Executive’s argument about irreparable harm and the balance of equities fares no better.  The Executive says that to comply with the District Court’s order to obligate the $4 billion, it will have to “enter into negotiations” with “foreign states or international organizations.”  Application 35. And in those discussions, the Executive protests, it will have to “advocate against its own objectives”—“undermin[ing]” its real view that the expenditures are “contrary to U. S. foreign policy.”  Id., at 3, 34–35.  But that is just the price of living under a Constitution that gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws.  If those laws require obligation of the money, and if Congress has not by rescission or other action relieved the Executive of that duty, then the Executive must comply.  It cannot be heard to complain, as it does here, that the laws clash with the President’s differing view of “American values” and “American interests.”  Id., at 34. That inconsistency, in other words, is not a cognizable harm, to be weighed in the equitable balance.  It is merely a frustration any President must bear.
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jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy
Imagine being such a small-minded, petty individual that you proudly advertise that the *main branch of your repository* isn't named "main". Because calling it "master" will really own the libs…zomg we're all quaking in our boots at his gigachad demonstration […]

[Original post on indieweb.social]
In reply to questions of “can we go back to master branches too” DHH replies “Yes, Omarchy is running on master” and links to his article last year labelling the industry’s change from master to main “a good faith exploit”
case.bike
Legend.
erinbiba.bsky.social
How fucking cool is this @bradlander.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at Rosh Hashanna services and EVERYONE WAS MASKING!

Kolot Chayeinu was one of the first synagogues to call for ceasefire.

“The rabbi spoke extensively about the war in Gaza, calling Israel’s campaign a genocide.”
A livestream of the services showed Mr. Mamdani, center, sitting next to Brad Lander, the city comptroller, a close ally who is Jewish. Kolot Chayeinu, via YouTube During Monday night's service, which was held at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant to accommodate a larger crowd, Rabbi Sam Kates-Goldman explicitly thanked Mr. Lander, who is Jewish, and Mr. Mamdani for modeling
"interdependence" in politics. In his sermon, the rabbi spoke extensively about the war in Gaza, calling Israel's campaign there a genocide, a term Mr.
Mamdani has also used.
Afterward, Mr. Mamdani, who wore a yarmulke (optional) and a face mask (required), was mobbed by congregants before he could leave. One called him "a mensch" for staying for the full service; another said his campaign had given them hope.
A woman handed him stickers she had made with a picture of bagels and lox and a message urging Jewish voters to support Mr. Mamdani: "Reject the smear campaign — join the schmear campair »
A rabbi associated with the congregatlu. gave Mr. Mamdani a challah.
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qrush.bsky.social
Not happy re: the rubygems.org news this week. 2 thoughts:

1. I am begging all sides of this issue: Please get on a call and talk this out. Rebuild the trust, starting now.
2. Ruby is too small and shrinking in the AI era to afford any splintering of efforts.
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washingtonpost.com
A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.
https://wapo.st/42Dy5vU
case.bike
💯💯💯
codahale.com
I’ve known André for, like, twenty years? If he’s your bad guy, you need to check the batteries on your carbon monoxide alarms immediately.
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molly.wiki
live your life so that the "personal life" section of your Wikipedia article doesn't look anything like Corey Lewandowski's
In 2018, Lewandowski featured in Sacha Baron Cohen's prank comedy series Who Is America?, discussing the presidency and views of Donald Trump with Baron Cohen's alter-ego, conspiracy theorist Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. During that interview, Lewandowski suggested that one "had to respect" white supremacists while discussing the racist and violent 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[115]

In September 2021, Lewandowski was removed from his role as chairman of a super PAC called Make America Great Again Action after reports of sexual harassment accusations from a donor.[116][117]

That same month, conservative media outlet American Greatness reported that Lewandowski was having an extramarital affair with South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, for whom he had long been a political advisor. Noem called the report a "disgusting lie", saying, "these old, tired attacks on conservative women are based on a falsehood that we can't achieve anything without a man's help."[118][119][120] In September 2023, the New York Post and the Daily Mail published similar reports about Noem and Lewandowski, which Noem's spokesman denied.[121][122]
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emily.news
actually that sounds like a good deal, how do I get that job?
case.bike
❤️ Thank you for all your help with the project!